Sean Connery as Alexander the Great. Yes, THAT Sean Connery. No, he doesn't do the accent.
Acting
Connery's physical presence almost sells the age gap with his 'mother.'
Production
Intimate BBC scale—tents and ambition over CGI armies.
Director
Rudolph Cartier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired as a BBC television play before getting a theatrical release, explaining its intimate, stage-bound scale.
Released the same year Connery began Dr. No, making this a fascinating glimpse of pre-Bond stardom—he's already doing that coiled intensity.
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